I think I have discovered my most favorite chocolate chip cookie ever. This one has it all: chocolate, nuts and that beloved chew and crisp that any true chocolate chip cookie worth its salt must have. It’s perfect. Plus, it’s got a nice chug of maple in there, so take that you old regular cookie! This one trumps all.

Okay, okay, I haven’t made that most famous 36 hour cookie recipe yet from the New York Times, but I did try that exact cookie at a certain Seattle pizza restaurant (yup, that’s the one) and still I liked this one more. Yes, really. Want to sprinkle some flaky Maldon salt over top before you bake it? Sure, go ahead because I’m going to do just that next time.

My husband claims that I am prone to exaggeration. Don’t believe him. But if you doubt any of my claims, hear me out. A friend who tried these cookies on the weekend declared they were the best chocolate chip cookie she had ever had. And she said it out loud in a room full of people. So take that! If you need more convincing, they’re also super easy to make. There’s no fussing with sifting dry ingredients or adding in the flour at different times. Nope! No rubbish like that. If you can mix, you can have cookies in no time flat. I think I’ve set some weekend cookie baking in motion, haven’t I? Make the people in your house happy, make yourself happy. Make a double batch.

Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl, combine the butter, brown sugar, extract and maple syrup together. Add in the egg and combine until fluffy. Dump in the flour, baking soda and salt and stir until just blended before adding the chocolate chips and walnuts and stirring again. Drop by tablespoon 2 inches apart onto a parchment or silpat covered cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes until the edges are just golden. Transfer to wire rack to cool. Makes 24 cookies.

Oh cookie, how do I love thee!! I never tire of cookies, I'd make these right now if I had an egg and some walnuts and butter…but I don't so I'll just eat a handful of chocolate chips and pretend I'm eating cookies!! This is a keeper 🙂

I made these last night with a friend. I replaced the walnuts with pecans and the extract with vanilla extract. They were delicious!! Perfectly chewy cookie, that in certain bites tasted like pecan pie. Thanks for sharing!

Wow, just made a batch. Used double-strength vanilla (instead of maple extract) and pecans. The dough itself was fantastic. It was very candy-like. The cookies were very good, too. It's funny how something like maple syrup instead of white sugar could make such a difference. Thanks for sharing.

Really, maple??? I LOVE chocolate chip cookies…but I am not a huge fan of this maple ( it's ok). So I must admit I am a bit skeptical. And since I am not a big maple fan I would have to go out and buy maple products to make them…so it would be an investment…how maply are they?Though I do love the idea of a little sea salt on them.

Just made these tonight and they are DELICIOUS! I didn't have the nuts, but prefer cookies w/o them anyways, and they were so tasty! Almost like a candy w/ all that brown sugar & maple syrup, and I love how little butter there is! Thanks for sharing!

i can't wait to try these–they sound fantastic! i love maple syrup. i love walnuts. i love chocolate. i strongly believe you can never go wrong with chocolate chip cookies. and therefore, based on all of the above, i may need to make these sometime. thanks for sharing. do you know how many times i've bookmarked your recipes? well actually, you're already in my feed, but…well, you know what i mean! 🙂

I made these tonight and they are delicious! I didn't have maple extract so I just used pure vanilla extract. I just wanted to mention that in the instructions section there is no mention of when to add the extract…or maybe I'm just blind :)…LOL!

I just finished making these, they turned out well. Not much maple flavour and very chocolate chippie but good. I found that the dough was dry but I think it's because I only had a medium egg. Adding in a tsp of water seemed to help.

They've just come out of the oven! And although I didn't make the maple ones, I followed the link to dinner with julie and made her "lower-fat chocolate cookies". However, you were the initial inspiration. And no, I haven't tried them yet, but I have this really good feeling about them. They look perfect.

Also, just wanted to say how much I'm enjoying your blog. I'm from Victoria, but live in Montreal, and really really love to cook (and this blogging thing is pretty cool). Looking forward to coming home to the West coast for christmas and eating with my family. Thanks for all the good recipes, keep it up.

Murph, I'll have to check out the link to the lower fat cookies…ideal for the holidays, I think! Thanks so much for the nice words about my blog too. Enjoy your west coast holidays (and I love Montreal to bits).

Hi made these awhile back doubling the recipe. I made some and sent to work with husband. Found the dough in back of fridge and made the rest this past weekend. They are REALLY incredible. I think they have a ton of maple flavor. Gave some to a friend and she said they were fantastic too. I highly recommend them if you're a chocchipcookie hound, like me.

hi, i tried making this but while the cookies were delicious, they all turned out wafer-thin and flat. i doubled the recipe and substituted all-purpose flour for plain flour, and maple extract for vanilla essence. what could have gone wrong? was it the flour? i'd really like to give this recipe another shot. thanks.

Oh my gosh! These are so amazing! I made these for my literature class and they were gone within moments! I can’t believe I gave them away and that you weren’t exaggerating when you said these were just that amazing! I replaced the walnuts with pecans and it was magnificent.

Thanks, for posting such an amazing recipe even if it was four years ago!

Okay- I am off to make theses for Hubs Birthday today! He isn’t a Cake eater and requested Maple walnut Chocolate Chip cookies. I wasn’t impressed with the last recipe I tried, and this one looks easy, yummy with greag reviews!
Stay tuned for my family reviews (: